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Pope allows bishops, with Vatican authorization, to dismiss superiors of autonomous monasteries (CWN)

In a rescript dated March 25 and released on May 28, Pope Leo XIV granted the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life the authority to permit bishops to dismiss major superiors of autonomous monasteries from their religious communities.

Pope Leo to visit San Marino in August (Vatican Press Office)

The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit San Marino on August 22, on the way to his previously announced visit to Rimini, Italy.

Surrounded by Italy, the nation of 35,000 (map) is 91% Catholic.

Renewable energy agreement between Holy See, Italy enters into force (Vatican News)

A July 2025 agreement between on the Holy See and Italy related to renewable energy entered into force on May 27.

The agreement provides for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, the Vatican territory just outside of Rome where Vatican Radio is located.

Focus on spreading the Gospel, Pope tells Italian bishops (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the bishops of Italy to sow the Gospel tirelessly and look upon the harvest with the gaze of Christ, rather than “lament the hardened ground.”

Pope emphasizes centrality of evangelization, warns against watering down the faith (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV said that evangelization “must remain the fundamental motivation behind every action of the universal Church and of local communities” and warned against “watering down the content” of the faith “or softening the demands.”

Documents on Cambodian martyrs presented to Vatican (CWN)

The vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, delivered to the Vatican almost 2,500 pages of documentation on the sainthood cause of his predecessor, Bishop Joseph Chhmar Salas, and 11 other Catholics martyred in the 1970s.

Canada's Prime Minister Carney, Pope Leo discuss AI, peace (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada spoke by phone this afternoon about artificial intelligence, four days after the publication of the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (CWN article, analysis).

Pope Leo XIV Meets With Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

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May. 29 Friday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Paul VI, Pope; <em>Ember Friday</em>, Weekday

Today is the Optional Memorial of Pope St. Paul VI (1897-1978). Paul VI was canonized and added to the General Roman Calendar on January 25, 2019, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Giovanni Battista Montini was born on September 26, 1897, in a village near Brescia Concesio. On May 29, 1920, he was named Archbishop of Milan. He became Pope on June 21, 1963. He presided over the completion of the Second Vatican Council. He died on August 6, 1978.

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